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Short-movie As an Effective Media In ELS

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  Source: https://www.britishcouncil.org/voices-magazine/how-can-film-help-you-teach-or-learn-english       Movies has become one of the entertainment media that is favored by almost all groups, including teenagers. Of course, movies have many genres and languages. Some movies have educational content so that they are good to be shown by teenagers who are still in school. Therefore, movies can be one of the media that can be applied in English lessons. But of course, not everyone agrees on this.      Some people think that by watching movies, students become lazy. However, if students are given an educational spectacle, this can actually help students' thinking power. They will think critically about a movie that they watch. According to Trisnani et al., 2021 the application of critical thinking in the world of education is needed so that organizing students can make a productive contribution in society. They will try to capture the meaning...

Using Novels in English Teaching Classroom

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                                                                                 Source:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/books/long-books-vacation.html       Learning literature can be learned interestingly through learning media, one of which is by using an English novel. novels can be used as an interesting media in learning English. In using novels in learning English in the classroom, it has many benefits. Siajj and Farrah (2018) stated that novels can motivate students to enrich their cultural knowledge and improve their language ability. In addition, novels can also develop students' abilities in the fields of reading, speaking, and listening. Novels are a med...

Grit: the power of passion and perseverance by Angela Lee Duckworth (TED 2013)

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  Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14bBuluwB8&t=91s      In this speech Angela begins her speech by telling about her past job, she said- “ When I was 27 years old...” - make the audience curious about the story to be told . At this event she discussed about students. She talked about her experiences as a teacher. In this case she said emphatically that IQ in students cannot be a measure of their success- “ What struck me was that IQ was not the only difference...” ( 00.36) this is evident from her experience teaching her best and worst students. He said that his students who had the best scores did not have high IQ otherwise, some of his bright students were not very successful. She said it with absolute confidence and her words could be proven because she had seen and experienced it firsthand. After all the things she's been through as a teacher she found that- “ I came to the conclusion that what we need in education is a much better understanding of ...

Be A Smart Buyers

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              Source: https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/beauty-products       For women, it is important to maintain their appearance so that they look beautiful in the eyes of others. Facial makeup and facial care are needed for women today. In makeupanalysis (2020)   article said that women are the synonym of beauty, and makeup is the best way to enhance women’s beauty at one more level. This is also ingrained in me. I really like using a make up and taking care of my facial skin. But I certainly choose make-up or skin care that is suitable and safe for my skin. Because not all skincare is safe and suits my face.     Gerber (2020) stated that t he cosmetics, shampoos, lotions, and other beauty products you apply to your skin can be just about as beneficial or harmful as anything you put inside your body.  Therefore, we as buyers need to know what content is in the products we wa...

Music As a Game in English Language Learning

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Source: Pinterest      In this day, among teenage students who sit interrupted by middle school and above, tend to feel bored with the material provided, including English subjects. We as teachers, are forced to be creative to find other solutions to overcome these problems. We have to create an innovation that can make lessons more fun and less boring. One of the solution is to use music as a game in our English learning methods. O’ shea (2019) stated that ‘Music is important in language teaching because our brains naturally process information and new language more easily if presented in a given rhythm’. Then, in article Using Games in The Language Classroom writes that ‘Game can help the teacher to create contexts in which the language is useful and meaningful’.      As we know, there is no teenager who does not like listening to music. many of them like to listen to music with different genres. We as teachers can take advantage of this to increase stu...

Analysis Song Lyric (Rockabye - Clean Bandit ft. Annie Marrie and Sean Paul)

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     Source: https://soundcloud.com/spoonerstreetuk/clean-bandit-feat-anne-marie-sean-paul-rockabye-spooner-street-bootleg      I want to analysis song ‘Rockabye’ from the group Clean Bandit with the featuring English singer Anne-Marie as main vocalist and Sean Paul as the rapper.  The song is a smart mix of pop, some dancehall, electronica and of course Clean Bandit’s classical instrumentation (Michielvmusic.2016).  I choose this song because it explained about the social issue that is ‘single mom as a single parent’ in our society. In songfacts article, said that  being a single mom is a very common structure.  This song is about how single parent women endure hardships to raise their children and give them a decent life.                         Source:  https://fitrianiudehnulis.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/untitled.png?w=694       ...

Advantages by Using Poetry as Language Learning

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  Source: https://blog.weareteacherfinder.com/blog/use-poetry-learn-language/  Poetry is a type of literary work whose language style is largely determined by rhythm, rhyme, and line and verse arrangement. Without realizing it, Poetry can be used for language learning in the classroom. Poetry can liven up the atmosphere in the classroom because poetry has a variety of styles and topics, every student is sure to find a poem they like. There are many advantages that can be obtained by using poetry as language learning. Through poetry students can add and get new vocabulary that they have never known. In article Benefits of Using Poetry in Language Learning explain that Poetry always have hidden meanings which are never expressed clearly, in order to grasp the original meaning the reader has to explore more and poetry triggers the unmotivated reader to find out what is inside (Wacnag Lidawan, 2018). When students read the poetry, there will be two possibilities that will ...